News & Notes

INTRODUCING... Our new Mississauga-Lakeshore MPP
Rudy Cuzzetto, as well as Ward 1 Councillor-elect Stephen Dasko and Trustee-elect
John Marchant will all address our Town Hall for the first time in their new roles. Mississauga-Lakeshore
MP Sven Spengemann will also make remarks.

CONTEXT: The program begins with a rapid,
visual 'Development Round-up' presentation to frame the Town Hall
discussion. With over 100 acres under development and over
10,000 new residents moving in within 5-10 years, Port Credit (the
City's smallest residential planning district) requires radically
improved mobility along the Lakeshore Road Corridor and a high level
of citizen engagement to provide input on the extraordinary volume of
planning and development applications. A great time to
re-engage with the amazing amount of development activity in Port Credit and
send the message that this community intends to stay on it moving forward!

PLANNING APPEALS: TOPCA has long been
engaged in the review of the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB), now
replaced by the the
Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) that hears cases in
relation to a range of municipal planning, financial and land
matters. As advocated by TOPCA, there is a new
citizen-oriented
Local Planning Appeal Support Centre (LPASC) which helps
citizens understand and navigate the land use planning and appeal
process in Ontario, including hearings at LPAT. LPASC Executive
Director Mary Lee will present on how this agency
(under the Attorney General's Office) can help the public.

NOTE: Followed by the annual TOPCA Business Meeting (AGM) @ 9:10 - 9:30 pm for members who can stay for
the reports and executive slate. Those who wish can join TOPCA or renew their membership at the meeting ($5).
See:Membership webpage.

This project involves the rehabilitation of the existing QEW and the existing Credit River Bridge,
construction of a new westbound Credit River bridge, improvement to the QEW, and reconstruction of the
Mississauga Road Interchange.

The Project Team is also working with the City of Mississauga to incorporate the City’s
active transportation initiatives for pedestrian + cycling crossings over the Credit
River, and the QEW at Stavebank Road.

This PIC provided the public and other interested stakeholders
with an opportunity to review and discuss the study with members of
the Project Team who presented the design, provided an overview of
environmental mitigation measures and construction sequencing, and
discussed next steps.

CONGRATULATIONS: To Stephen Dasko, our newly-elected Councillor for the Ward 1 seat on
Mississauga Council after the municipal election on October 22, 2018.

The TOPCA Executive looks forward to collaborating with Stephen on the many exciting (and complex) issues in Port Credit
and along the south-east Mississauga Waterfront, in consultation with the residents and other Ward 1 associations.

We look forward to Stephen's remarks during the
TOPCA Town Hall & AGM on Monday, November 12, 2018 at Clarke Hall in Port Credit.

Thank you to the other Ward 1 Councillor candidates who offered their service to the
community and ensured the campaign was civil, respectful of the citizens and centred on ideas and policies.
We hope everyone stays engaged with the community over the next four years!

Standing Room Only at Clarke Hall to hear the Councillor Candidates address the issues! Photo by Mark Kostel

FORMAT: All eight (8)
duly nominated Councillor candidates have been invited to participate. *NEW* We have now issued the
FORMAT & RULES
(4p PDF) for the Debate, to ensure a fair and orderly opportunity for the Candidates
to communicate their messages and answer public questions (from Ward 1 residents only).

NOTE ABOUT TRUSTEE CANDIDATES: We have received requests for inclusion of
duly nominated Ward 1+7 Trustee candidates at this Debate. Below is our official response:

"The three Residents' Associations co-hosting our Ward 1
All-Candidates Debate on October 15, 2018 agree there is
insufficient time to adequately explore municipal issues with eight
(8) Councillor candidates and also accommodate the Public School Board Trustee candidates
(the Catholic school board Trustee has been acclaimed).

"Our All-Candidates Meeting is focused upon municipal issues that
directly concern our respective associations. While we recognize
the importance of the Public School Board we suggest that exploring
education issues is best left to the Parent Councils associated with most schools.

"Since we are hosting a public meeting it is expected that some
Trustee candidates will choose to attend. We will make convenient
table space available for their campaign literature inside the doors
to Clarke Hall. Their presence will be briefly announced at the
beginning of the meeting, and they will be free to meet with any members of the audience
who seek them out once our formal meeting concludes (shortly after 9:00 pm).

"Trustee candidates will not be permitted to make political
statements during the Public Question Segment of the meeting.

"NOTE: Questions to the Councillor candidates may only be asked by residents of Ward 1."

► The TOPCA Ride is *featured* on the Mississauga section of the 2018
Culture Days website.
We are excited to provide this contribution to the understanding of Port Credit and Lakeview's
waterfront heritage: past, present and future!

REGISTER: (CLOSED) Please e-mail
TOPCA@topca.net with the name(s) of
those who will be participating, indicating any minors (i.e. if under 18) with their exact ages. We will keep you informed about the Ride,
including the 2018 Waiver when it is ready for download.

ROUTE: We will ride along the Waterfront Trail for the most part, viewing the massive development
sites along the Lake Ontario waterfront where century-old industrial heritage will transform into complete mixed-use
communities in Port Credit and Lakeview. Construction sites include the 245-acre former OPG lands (future
Lakeview Village) where we will ride through the property to the coal pier (future promenade!); and
the 72-acre former Imperial Oil brownfield (future West Village PC) where we will receive an on-site update
about the vast environmental clean-up underway. We will also be passing the Port Credit Harbour Marina Lands where
mixed-use re-development is planned. Biking lets us to cover a lot of ground and see where
30,000 additional Ward 1 residents will live!
►
View / download the GPS file (final). 15.4 km round-trip.

FREE T-SHIRTS: We have some leftover red
Canada 150 T-shirts
(from last year's ride) available to give-away (TOPCA logo on the back).
NOTE: No more than one shirt per rider; other cycling T-shirt give-aways as well.

PLEASE NOTE:

1. All participants must sign the Waiver and Release
(2p-PDF)
prior to participating. Parents / guardians must sign for minors
(under 18 years old), and accompany them on the ride.

Children aged 7+ may ride on their own if their parent feels they
are capable. All children must be registered separately. Children
may ride on the sidewalk where their parent / guardian deems it appropriate. Children aged 6 years and under may participate if 'attached' to a
parent / guardian's bike via child trailer, bike-mounted child seat or
tandem-tow. NOTE: Even infants must be registered separately.

► The Waiver & Release
(2p-PDF) for the TOPCA
Waterfront Heritage Bike Tour (September 30, 2018) will be posted
here (please print, sign,
bring to the event). Additional copies will be available at the ride check-in.

2. All participants must wear a properly fitting Bike Helmet.
Please bring your own Water Bottle(we will have water refills available).Hybrid Bikes (or mountain bikes) are a necessity
due to some unpaved off-road trails and construction roads on the route.

3. Please bring non-perishable food donations to the start of the ride for the
Mississauga Food Bank's
Thanksgiving Campaign.

INVITATION TO CANDIDATES: TOPCA issued an invitation to all
Ward 1 Councillor candidates to attend this Ride, with the following statement, which also applies to
any other candidates in the pending municipal election, who might attend:

"No political clothing (e.g. T-shirts), regalia,
literature, buttons, signs or statements, not even a name tag, on
yourself or your bike, or on any supporters who might come with
you. We don’t want any riders feeling they are suddenly part of a
political opportunity for the candidates. We also want a level
playing field between the candidates. This is a chance to simply
ride with fellow citizens, chat and listen, and experience the major
sites as they are now. Developers will be at the 2 major sites to
answer any questions when the group arrives.

"Since members of the TOPCA Exec are conducting the
Oct 15 All-Candidates meeting, and remain neutral during the election (we
will be happy to work with any one of you as our Councillor after
the election!), we cannot be in any photos with you now, since we
must also appear to be neutral. We will introduce any candidates
who are present, at the start of the ride, so that participants are
aware and of course everyone is free to talk to whom they wish during the event.

"Our residents’ association has a collaborative approach to development and it would be lovely to have any
candidates on the ride who wish to be part of our civic adventure to stay informed and engaged."

MISSISSAUGA-LAKESHORE HAS A NEW MPP:

CONGRATULATIONS: To Rudy Cuzzetto,
our newly-elected MPP for the riding of Mississauga-Lakeshore after the
recent Ontario Election on June 7, 2018. The
TOPCA Executive looks forward to collaborating with Rudy on issues in Port Credit and all along the Mississauga Waterfront,
in the interests of the residents. Thank you to
former MPP Charles Sousa for over a decade of service to the
community.

RECOGNITION FOR LATE WARD 1 COUNCILLOR JIM TOVEY:

Wed. April 25, 2018 @ 9:00 am in the Council Chamber at Mississauga City Hall. Lakeview projects
will be named for the late Jim Tovey.

THOUGHTS ABOUT RIBFEST IN PC??
TOPCA has been approached by the City for comment about the annual
Mississauga Rotary RibFest
(website) event being relocated from Celebration Square (at Mississauga's City Centre;
image below), to Port Credit Memorial Park this summer. The event would
take place July 12-15, 2018, with a day before and
after for set-up and take-down, totalling a six (6) day period during which
the Park would be largely inaccessible.

NOTE:TOPCA will publish comments about
2018 RibFest after the municipal election on October 22,
2018.

Before TOPCA provides in-depth comment to the City, we need to hear from the community! Please give your comments
about RibFest in Port Credit on our
Facebook Page entry.

JIM TOVEY - IN MEMORIAM:January 16, 2018 - The Executive of the Town of Port Credit Association
(TOPCA) is greatly saddened by the sudden passing of our Councillor, Jim Tovey.
This loss and the impact of his departure from our civic life at
this time cannot be overstated, and we are hearing from many
residents about their heavy hearts and personal grief at losing the
community champion of Ward “One-derful” as Jim liked to call it.

We wish to share some thoughts with our membership, and all who
knew and loved him, including his dedicated wife Lee and their family.

Jim was a visionary, a policy guy, an activist, a tireless
community advocate. He thought, then researched, then articulated,
then worked, and WORKED, to achieve renewal for his beloved
Lakeview, and also Port Credit, as part of an overarching vision for
the Mississauga waterfront and its historic villages. Yes, he was
Councillor for Ward 1, but his broad perspective was that of a city-builder.

Jim’s love and advocacy for preserving cultural and natural
heritage is forever imprinted in the Lakeview Waterfront Connection
project so dramatically taking form. We are gratified that on Sunday
last, Jim was able to hear the accolades from so many environmental,
government and political colleagues (including the Lieutenant
Governor of Ontario) for his vision and accomplishments. The
Morphology Exhibit in Lakeview is a fitting touchstone of this
moment in the City’s waterfront evolution, but only one of many
projects inspired and initiated by Jim to finally arrive at a
restored and world-class shoreline along our part of Lake Ontario.

Jim was a paddler, a rocker, a cyclist, a carpenter, a leader. It
is perfect that one with such lived and varied experience should
find his destiny working with a community in need of a driving force
to express and realize its ambitious Vision.

The future of the City of Mississauga is indelibly set on a new
and exciting course, thanks to Jim’s inspiration, advocacy and
passion, and history will bear this out as coming generations enjoy
his legacy. The best collective tribute we can make is to stay this
course and work together to achieve all that Jim knew our
communities and our waterfront could be.

Jim often spoke of doing this work “not for ourselves but for our
grandchildren” and we can take comfort in knowing he meant it and
knew the legacy would outlive him.

►
OBITUARY including online
GUESTBOOK. "Following a private family service, a Celebration of
Life will be announced at a later date. In lieu of flowers, please
consider online donations to
The Compass Food Bank" in Port Credit.

COMMITTEE OF ADJUSTMENT:
December 14, 2017: TOPCA submitted a
Letter
to the Committee of Adjustment [3p PDF] re: File 'A'
533/17 (Ward 1) on the
CofA Agenda
(pp48-49), concerning 115 High Street West, owned by HIGH BENSON
HOLDINGS INC, who requested a Reduction in the on-site parking standard.

NOTE: The
Bike Lanes on Bloor pilot project in Toronto has received a lot
of attention, and came to a vote (and passed!) at Toronto Council on November 7, 2017,
thus making the bike lanes permanent. Hear from the TCAT
Project Co-Lead who did the influential
economic impact study
(Report). Then consider:
Would bike lanes work on Port Credit's mainstreet (Lakeshore Road)?

CASE STUDY: The
West Village Port Credit mixed-use development proposed for the 72-acre brownfield
in the midst of our waterfront village will be transformative.
Successful integration with the surrounding community will require
bold innovations – both on and off-site – in support of mobility.
What is proposed to enable 5000 new residents, along with 1000’s of
daytime employees, shoppers, and park visitors to move along an already gridlocked Lakeshore Corridor?

PARKING MATTERS - STUDY: March 2017. This study, called
Parking
Matters (website) will help make future decisions about parking across the
City. As the City continues to grow and evolve, community
parking needs are changing. All kinds of parking are being reviewed
in the study including: on-street and off-street parking, as well as
public and private parking. They are all an important part of our
transportation system. To learn more about the study,
click here.

NOTE: The City of Mississauga will not be treating
Ash trees located on private property and the Forestry Section
encourages residents to continually inspect their Ash trees and
contact a certified arborist if they suspect EAB on their property.